Real-time Payments

April, 2025

• 18 April

  The CFPB’s Focus Will Narrow in the Wake of Mass Layoffs

  [Editor’s Note: Following Digital Transactions News publication Friday, a U.S. District Court judge temporarily halted the layoffs at the CFPB, according to the Associated Press. Judge Amy Berman Jackson has scheduled an April 28 hearing on the matter.] A dramatically reduced Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will still operate, but with …
• 17 April

  EMS Acquires Peel Payments and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/17/25

  

  Electronic Merchant Systems LLC said it acquired Peel Payments, marking a significant expansion into the petroleum and convenience store segment. Peel also brings familiarity with Fiserv Inc.’s platform, says Afshin Yazdian, EMS chairman and chief executive, “which aligns perfectly as we prepare to launch on that platform and integrate with Clover. …
• 15 April

  PayPal Working with TerraPay and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/15/25

  

  PayPal Holdings Inc. said it will work with TerraPay to let PayPal users make real-time money transfers throughout the Middle East and Africa. Cantaloupe Inc., a payments provider for self-service markets and vending, launched Go Micro, a compact kiosk for micro markets that features an integrated barcode scanner and 5-inch touchscreen. …
• 9 April

  How Helcim Is Accelerating Merchant Funding

  

  Canadian payments provider Helcim Inc. is bringing next-business-day funding of digital payment receipts to small and medium businesses in the United States and Canada free of charge. The service, called Faster Deposits, will significantly speed up merchant access to digital payment receipts by days, the processor says. Most deposits take …
• 8 April

  CellPoint Digital’s Sabre Expansion and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/8/25

  

  CelllPoint Digital, a specialist in payments orchestration, will expand the payment methods available through SabreSonic and Radixx, services offered by Sabre Corp. a travel-technology company. U.S. payments platform Spreedly Inc. said it will work with Ebanx, a payment-service provider, to support alternative payment methods for international firms operating in Latin America. Payments …
• 7 April

  Blaqclouds Puts Crypto on the Menu for Restaurants

  

  Cryptocurrency is coming to restaurants, a market that has already become hotly contested by a range of payments companies. Blaqclouds Inc., a crypto platform based in Los Angeles, announced on Friday DineWithCrypto, aimed squarely at consumers looking to order meals for delivery or pickup. DineWithCrypto has already connected to 190,000 …
• 1 April

  The Clearing House’s ACH Volume Swells As Adoption of Digital Transactions Spreads

  

  Transactions on the Electronic Payment Network, the automated clearing house network, operated by The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, totaled 20.7 billion in 2024, a 6.2% year-over-year increase, TCH reported late Monday. Dollar volume during the period totaled $56.4 trillion, a 7.6% rise from a year earlier. Dollar volume on …

March, 2025

• 31 March

  Crypto Gains Altitude as Private Jet Charters See Potential in the Coins

  

  Two private-jet operators early Monday announced news about their acceptance of cryptocurrency, raising yet again questions about the usefulness of digital currency both for luxury spending and everyday shopping. Clearwater, Fla.-based Hera Flight said it has started accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies for charter flights. Meanwhile, Paramount Business Jets …
• 21 March

  How the Trump Administration Is Stoking Interest in Crypto

  

  Merchant interest in accepting cryptocurrencies continues to expand, with headline progress stemming from high-end luxury-goods segments. The latest example comes from ECD Auto Design, a Kissimmee, Fla.-based dealer in restored luxury cars. The company on Thursday announced it is accepting crypto for vehicle purchases. ECD’s move comes as digital currencies …
• 13 March

  How Business Groups Are Pushing for Stablecoin Acceptance

  

  A leading merchant association and a group representing stablecoin interests early Thursday threw their weight behind efforts to bring stablecoins into the payments mainstream in the United States. The move by the Merchant Payments Coalition and the Payment Choice Coalition seeks to “promote their shared goals of enhancing innovation, competition, …